The Day the Fish Came Out

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The Day the Fish Came Out
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Directed by	Michael Cacoyannis
Produced by	Michael Cacoyannis
Written by	Michael Cacoyannis
Starring	Tom Courtenay Colin Blakely Sam Wanamaker
Music by	Mikis Theodorakis
Cinematography	Walter Lassally
Editing by	Vassilis Syropoulos
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date(s)	October 2, 1967
Running time	109 min.
Country	Greece / U.K.
Language	English
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The Day the Fish Came Out (Greece: Otan ta psaria vgikan sti steria) is a 1967 Greek- British comedy film directed and written by Michael Cacoyannis. The film stars Tom Courtenay, Colin Blakely and Sam Wanamaker.

[edit] Plot Summary

Life on a remote Greek resort island is forever changed when two atomic bombs are accidentally dropped there when a NATO plane flies overhead. This comedy chronicles those changes. When the pilots realize they've lost their load, they bail out of their plane and head for the island to get help. The government has beaten them to the punch though and has already sent out an agent disguised as a resort developer. All of them are busily looking for the missing weapons when the island is suddenly filled with clamoring, hedonistic tourists who believe the developer is going to build the best resort in the area first.

When the Aegean fish living just off the island begin to mysteriously die, everyone there realizes that the jig is finally up and they so give in to their wildest desires.